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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Inventor:
Manoj Sampath, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 50/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/92 (2006.01); B01F 5/04 (2006.01); B01F 5/06 (2006.01); B01F 3/04 (2006.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F01N 3/28 (2006.01); F01N 3/021 (2006.01); F01N 13/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/92 (2013.01); B01F 3/04049 (2013.01); B01F 5/0451 (2013.01); B01F 5/0606 (2013.01); B01F 5/0616 (2013.01); B01F 5/0688 (2013.01); F01N 3/021 (2013.01); F01N 3/106 (2013.01); F01N 3/2066 (2013.01); F01N 3/2892 (2013.01); F01N 13/009 (2014.06); F01N 13/0097 (2014.06); F01N 3/2093 (2013.01); F01N 2470/02 (2013.01); F01N 2470/18 (2013.01); F01N 2560/026 (2013.01); F01N 2610/02 (2013.01); F01N 2610/1453 (2013.01); Y02T 10/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A swirl device for intermixing a reagent exhaust treatment fluid and an exhaust produced by an engine. The swirl device includes a cylindrical tube defining an inlet for receipt of the reagent exhaust treatment fluid and the exhaust, and a swirl member attached to the cylindrical tube. The swirl member conically expands outward from the cylindrical tube and includes a plurality of tabs separated by elongate slots. The plurality of tabs are configured to swirl and intermingle the reagent exhaust treatment fluid and the exhaust.